Devest vs. Divest — What's the Difference?

(Law) To take away (a right or possession, especially an interest that has vested, such as the right to an estate).

To strip, as of clothes.

To remove the clothing or covering of.

To deprive, as of rights or property; dispossess.

To deprive of a title, right, or item of property.

To free of; rid

To divest; to undress.

To sell off or otherwise dispose of (a subsidiary company or an investment).

To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.

(Law) To devest.

To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.

(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).

To divest; to undress.

To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary.

To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate.

To undress.

To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate.

To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; - opposed to invest.

Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc.

See Devest.

Take away possessions from someone;

Deprive of status or authority;

Reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment);

Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes;